There are only
a handful of restaurants near Old Trafford football
stadium,
the legendary home of Manchester
United, and the city's most famous landmark.

It is located just 2 miles (4km) from Manchester city centre, with Lancashire County
Cricket Club's Emirates Old Trafford cricket
ground nearby.

As you'd expect, most Old Trafford restaurants get very
busy on match days, as do the numerous fish'n'chip shops
and takeaways that sit proudly at the top of Sir Matt Busby
Way.

Old Trafford metrolink tram stop is attached to Lancashire
County Cricket Ground, just 10 minutes walk from Manchester
United along Warwick Road, and only 7 minutes journey time to Deansgate Castlefield
in the city centre, where there is a further choice of restaurants.

For those going to "The Theatre Of Dreams", you can also get off the tram at Pomona (5 minutes journey from Deansgate Castlefield) or Exchange Quay (7 mins journey), both being an easy 12 minutes walk to Old Trafford football stadium.

Located next to Manchester United's Old Trafford Football Stadium, with huge windows looking over the canal to The Theatre Of Dreams, this restaurant from United legends Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, inside their Hotel Football, captures the essence of football in its menu. Creating a fun, relaxed dining experience, influenced by the spirit of the game, football fans and foodies alike can appreciate a diverse, well-rounded menu with some subtle nods to the beautiful game like Beef & Bovril Pies, The Special One Burger, Scholesy's Match Day Classic Steak & Suet Pudding, Nev's Noodle Pot, Giggsy's Welsh Red Dragon Sausage, the Mara Doner Pizza, and The Nicky Butty. Proper legends.

With its stunning waterside setting overlooking Salford Quays, the stylsh restaurant inside The Lowry offers a perfect combination of fantastic seasonally inspired contemporary British dishes and phenomenal views, for relaxed lunches, a romantic dinner or a pre-show meal. Being located just across the footbridge from Old Trafford, it is especially popular on Manchester United match days, as well as pre-theatre.

This is the 4th Botanist pub opened in Greater Manchester but the first in Didsbury opened in 2017. The food menu is inspired by the deli, rotisserie and BBQ, with award-winning pies, fish & chips and all day Sunday Roasts. The quaint decor resembles a gardener's potting shed, there's live music every night, and the well stocked cellar of cask-conditioned ales boasts more than 70 craft beers and ciders alongside a selection of Champagnes and intriguing botanical cocktails.

Located in the beating heart of Media City at Salford Quays, this 21st Century local pub, with its 80 seater beer terrace and views of The Lowry Theatre and the Imperial War Museum North, offers one of the most vibrant outdoor drinking experiences in the area. From the same people behind Damson, Liquorice, Guilty By Association and Lost In Tokyo, it offers an eclectic food menu, with homemade dishes prepped from fresh, featuring great burgers, sandwiches, salads, wings and ribs, as well as homemade pies, Sunday roasts and over 100 beers.

Located at the Holiday Inn MediaCityUK next to The Lowry and just across the footbridge from Old Trafford, this casual dining restaurant from celebrity chef Marco Pierre White offers a taste of the rock star chef's Italian heritage, with wholesome rustic dishes, all with a larger than life New York twist. Think big crispy pizzas, fresh fish, 28 day aged steaks and Great American Burgers, all showcasing the very best fresh ingredients.

Although you'd be forgiven for thinking it dates back to the 1820s, the time of the historic warehouses around it, this beautiful Castlefield restaurant was actually built in 1998 and traded until 2005 as 'Jackson's Wharf'', before Brunning & Price spectacularly re-opened it in July 2012. The large building offers a huge canalside terrace alongside innumerable nooks and crannies, with cosy, intimate rooms and alcoves in which you (and your dog) can enjoy the friendly "country pub" atmosphere, traditional British dishes, 12 cask ales, 50 wines, 100 whiskies and delicious Sunday roasts. Popular pre-match, it's a pleasant walk along the Bridgewater Canal to Old Trafford or you can catch one of the match day canal boats, which depart just outside the restaurant and drops you off directly at the stadium.

This celebrated Castlefield restaurant was opened in 2004 and has remained a Mancunian food and drink institution ever since. Still family-ran, it is named after the uncle of owner Jim Ramsbottom, who used to store his tools in the original canalside stable block as they converted the adjacent Dukes 92 together. Today, quality British dishes, with additional favourites from Italy and around the globe, together with a great Sunday lunch, are served in a sharp, modern space with one of Manchester's most beautiful summer terraces. It's just a short walk through the heritage zone to The Opera House and a pleasant stroll along the canal to both The Bridgewater Hall and Old Trafford, with match day canal cruises departing outside the restaurant and dropping you off directly at the stadium.

The superb Japanese restaurant in Castlefield, opposite the Museum of Science & Industry, boasts a unique dining experience with all the theatre style of Teppanyaki cooking, ideal for large parties. The talented show chefs entertain you and encourage you to get involved, or a plush separate dining area offers more intimacy with incredible sushi, sashimi and noodle dishes to choose from. Popular with Manchester United fans after the game, it's a pleasant walk along the Bridgewater Canal to Old Trafford with match day canal cruises departing outside the restaurant an hour before kick off, and dropping you off directly at the stadium.

Cibo (pronounced chee-bo) is the new Italian out of the Don Giovanni stable, bringing super-fresh fish and fare to the site of DG X Per Tutti. Cibo (an informal italian word meaning ‘food’) brings luxe looks and a cool café style to the city centre. With a menu focusing on fabulous flavours, simple cooking and the freshest local, and Italian produce on offer.

Opened in August 2016, this American fine dining restaurant, close to Spinningfields, introduces experience at every level through beautiful bespoke cocktails, carefully crafted dishes, and live performances showcasing dancers, acrobats, singers, musicians, drag acts, burlesque artists, and contortionists on the catwalk in the middle of the restaurant. Dishes offer a U.S. interpretation of mainly Japanese dishes like Tempura Sea Bass, Open Temaki Tacos, Torched Scallop Aburi, and Sashimi Grade Tuna, alongside sushi boxes, gourmet burgers, steaks, and seafood. Match day river cruises run along The Irwell to Old Trafford, departing outside the restaurant an hour before kick off, and dropping you off at Samuel Platts pub, 5 minutes walk from Manchester United FC.

This sister branch to the popular industrial style 21st Century pub in Media City, from the same team behind Damson, Liquorice, Guilty By Association and Lost In Tokyo, was opened in Spinningfields in April 2015 and boasts a 100 seater riverside terrace. Alongside an ever-changing list of cask ales, you will find an eclectic food menu, with homemade dishes prepped from fresh, featuring great burgers, sandwiches, salads, wings and ribs rubbing shoulders with that most classic of British pub staples; the homemade pie and one of the best value Sunday roasts in town. Match day river cruises run along The Irwell to Old Trafford, departing across the bridge from the restaurant an hour before kick off, and dropping you off at Samuel Platts pub, 5 minutes walk from Manchester United FC.

Rio
Ferdinand's plush Italian restaurant and celebrity haunt
stands proudly at the top of Manchester's prestigious King
Street, just round the corner from The Royal Exchange, in a stunning 120-year-old Grade II listed building.
Given the number of Rolls Royces and supercars that
sit out, you'll be surprised to find the menu is reasonably
priced and offers a wide selection of pizzas, pastas, steaks
and freshly prepared fish dishes, including some named after
the Manchester
United legend himself.